Recipe: 
2 Avocados
1.5 handful of parsley
1 Tomato
1/2 Yellow Capsicum ( You can use green capsicum for a richer greenish colour)
1 onion
1-2 medium size lime juice ( Depends on individual preference)
1 Tbsp Olive Oil

1. Chop parsley, tomato, onion and capsicum into small cubes and put them in a mixing bowl.
2. Dice 1 avocado into cubes and mash the other and add to the rest of the ingredients.
3. Drizzle olive oil and lime juice and mix everything together.

Recipe for Hot oatmeal: 1 serving 
1/3 cup of "quick cook" oats ( can use instant oats too where you only require Hot water to prepare)
120 ml of water
1/2 Mashed banana
1/2 Diced Banana or any other fruit topping
Honey (optional)
Peanut Butter (optional)
Granola or cereal (moderation is important**)

1. Boil water in a saucepan.
2. Add the "quick cook" oats and let it simmer until desired consistency (usually 2-3 mins)
3. In a bowl, mash a banana
4. Pour the oatmeal into the bowl of mashed banana and mix evenly. Add peanut butter spread or honey at this step if you intend to.
5. Top with diced bananas and other toppings. Serve while it is hot.

Recipe for Overnight Rolled Oats: 1 serving
1/3 cup of Low Fat Milk
1/3 cup of yoghurt ( I used non-fat yoghurt)
1/3 cup of rolled oats
A handful grapes ( or any other fruit topping)
3/4 tsp Honey
1. Mix everything together.
2. Pop in the fridge for a night.
3. Eat the next morning, serve while it is cold.

Unfortunately, my supposed healthy week turned into sinful week. Indulged in too much sinful meals  for the past few days so i decided to make some salad for my sister and I for dinner. This is one of my favourite salad. Just the name itself, "Rosemary Balsamic..." already sounds beautiful, wait till you taste the tender grilled chicken. It's fabulous. I remember marinating my chicken breast with this recipe a long time ago. Unfortunately, it was too sour because of the excessive balsamic vinegar and lemon. Eyeball the amount of balsamic vinegar you add. At that time, i didn't have a griller. So i used the microwave grill mode to "grill" my chicken instead.

A simple salad like this probably costs above $7. It's so overpriced. Make it yourself and pack for lunch to work. It's certainly cheaper and you can add whatever you like to your salad.

Ingredients: 
1 tsp Dried Rosemary
3 cloves minced Garlic
2-4 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper to taste
1.5 tbsp Chopped Parsely
8 pieces of Chicken Fillet/Breast (approximately 12oz)

1. Mix olive oil and 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar. Whisk until well blended.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until combined.
3. Add the chicken fillets/breasts. Mix and "massage" the chicken fillets with hand until the chicken has almost absorbed all the marinade.
4. Can add more balsamic vinegar if you feel that the marinade is insufficient.
5. Keep them in an air tight container or ziplock bag in the fridge for several hours or overnight.
6. Lightly oil grill pan, grill the chicken for 3-5 mins on each side.

My salad consists of some lettuce, semi hard boiled egg, walnuts, cranberries, raisins, grated parmesan, cherry tomatoes and the grilled chicken.

1.5 heads of garlic
Olive oil (for grilling)
4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil (for dressing)
6 tbsp Balsamic vinegar

 



Week 15: Exam week. But this is also the LAST week of school for Year 1 Semester 1! School has been so busy, especially towards the end of semester. There were endless project presentations and report deadlines to meet. I've been returning to school almost everyday for the past three weeks and i haven have proper time spent with my family for a long time. On the bright side, I am looking forward to FRIDAY (my last paper)!!! After which will be a looooooong SUMMER BREAK for about 2-3 months! Can't wait for summer then i will resume my healthy lifestyle and spending lots of time in the kitchen, trying out the different recipes that i have bookmarked! I've been craving for bananas recently and this explains my sudden consecutive banana posts. HAHAHA. Talking about banana squares, I love those from fourleaves. Craving for them so i decided to bake them myself. I thought the cakes were a little too moist. I used 5 bananas but my bananas weren't exactly very very ripe.

Recipe (original recipe adapted from here)

90g canola or sunflower oil
- 90g castor sugar (which I reduced to 70g)
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 125g flour (plain flour is fine)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 4 or 5 medium-sized very, very ripe bananas, mashed with a fork
- 25g regular or skimmed milk
- 1 to 1 1/2 tsp rum (enhance the banana flavor)
1. In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Leave some chunks if you want bits of banana in your cake.

2. Add milk, sugar, oil, rum and combine using a small whisk.

3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and baking soda, and give a quick mix.
* Note: I only sifted the baking soda because it tends to be lumpy. Didn't even bother with the flour or baking powder. 

4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk gently to combine (don't whip and introduce air into the batter). As long as no traces of flour remain, you are ready to bake. Yes, 2 bowls, 1 fork, 1 whisk. That's it.

5. Pour into a lined square tin.

6. Bake at 175°C for about 30mins, or until a skewer comes out clean. 

Strong cravings for bananas these days. Made these oatcakes for breakfast. Filling and healthy breakfast to start the day. Lets go!

Ingredients: (makes 4 small oatcakes: 1 serving)

4 tbsp of oats
1 banana, mashed.
1 egg
2 tbsp of olive oil.

Mix the first three ingredients together.
Panfry them.